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6 steps to build your service recovery program

Contact centers collect a range of customer data, from common support questions to customer satisfaction surveys. However, they often lack the processes to take immediate action on this data. Collecting real-time customer feedback enables service teams to instantly act on a negative interaction and save the relationship.

Mizzen+Main brings service lead retail to life with Sunshine

For millions of men, dressing with confidence is a lot easier said than done. Nothing gets in the way of looking and feeling good like sweat stains or being stuck in stiff, restrictive shirts. Whether customers are finding the perfect fit for the office, hitting the links on the golf course, or chatting with customer support for care instructions, we want every step of the customer journey to be as high-quality as our shirts.

Time to team up: Zendesk's new partner program

Together we’re better. We know that we are at our best when we work with partners to deliver great customer experiences for mutual clients, whether that’s ensuring that help desk software has been optimized for workflow efficiency, training agents on how to forge better connections with customers, or simply assisting clients in their efforts to improve the health of their support organization.

Beyond the bottom line: Building a business on customer empathy

Delayed passengers clustering at an airline check-in counter looking for answers. Someone with billing issues navigating a phone tree after a stressful emergency room visit. The person with the mispronounced name crankily grabbing their cup from the cafe queue. We know these experiences—we may have even lived and breathed them, and the feelings they trigger, ourselves.

Bored of Skype? Try these 9 alternatives to change the way you work.

Technological advancements have the uncanny strength of pushing over top-performing apps down the hill. Innovation brings in better utilities for the benefit of the user community. Skype seems to be weathering that for quite some time before being on the way out, almost.

How to stop micromanaging and give your team autonomy

To stop micromanaging, and give your team more autonomy, you could just follow the advice of William McKnight, the founder and one-time president of 3M: “Hire good people and leave them alone.” Unfortunately, it’s not quite so easy in practice, so in this article we’ll cover...

Zendesk Showcase SF: Creating the next wave of contact center culture

“Culture trumps strategy,” say most leadership coaches. “Culture eats strategy for lunch.” As a CX leader, you may agree, but do your support agents feel the same? Delivering a top-notch customer experience means support agents must be inspired by your company’s intended culture and get collaboration, empowerment, and meaning. In this session, Tiffany Apczynski, VP of Social Impact and Public Policy at Zendesk, explains how to break free from the call center of yesterday and shows you the three tactical things you can implement immediately. You’ll learn tips and tricks for creating a contact center culture for today and the future.

Zendesk Showcase SF: Make customer-focused decisions in a data driven world

Making quick, confident, data-driven decisions is difficult—if not impossible–when your customer data is fragmented across different channels and tools. With Zendesk Explore, all your customer data is consolidated in easy-to-build dashboards and reporting. Zendesk's Andrew Forbes and Pinterest's Derrick Diaz show you how to better understand your customers, and measure and improve their entire experience. It’s a data-driven world, so let the data do the talking.